I hear gold is a poor investment because it does not pay a...

I hear gold is a poor investment because it does not pay a dividend. here is a compare chart over 5 years between PMGOLD and SPDR 200 fund. my read is PMGOLD returned 73% over the 5 years where SPDR only returned 12%. if your where to sell 5% of PMGOLD units per year (25% not compounded) you would have still returned 48% over the 5 years. or 9.6% per year. not bad for an investment that lets you sleep well at night. any input would be great. DYOR 582